Today's Mishnah Yomi
Menachos 8:2 - 8:3
The Mishnah Yomi for Saturday, September 27, 2025 is Menachos 8:2 - 8:3
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Menachos Perek 8 Mishnah 2
מנחות פרק ח׳ משנה ב׳
Bartenura
אין מביאין. עומר ושתי הלחם:
לא מבית הזבלים. משדה שצריכה לזבל, דשמא לא נזדבלה כל צרכה ונמצאו פירותיה כחושים. אי נמי, לפי שהזבל מבאיש ומפסיד טעם הפרי:
ולא מבית השלחים. ארץ צמאה למים שפירותיה כחושין:
לא מבית האילן. מתבואה שבין האילנות. שהאילנות הגדלים שם יונקים הקרקע ומכחישים הזרעים:
נרה. חורש. לשון נירו לכם ניר (ירמיהו ד׳:ג׳):
ובשניה זורעה. בגמרא מסיק, דשנה ראשונה הוא נר כולה וזורע חציה ומניח חציה ניר. וכן בשניה חורשה כולה וזורע החצי שלא זרע אשתקד, והחצי שזרע אשתקד מניחו ניר. וכן בכל שנה זורע ניר של אשתקד:
כיצד בודק. הסולת אם מנופה כל צרכו אם לאו:
עלה בידו אבק. קמח דק, וגרוע הוא:
עד שיניפנה. בנפה לעבור האבק דק שנשאר בה:
ואם התליעה. הסולת או החטה:
פסולה. והוא שהתליעה ברובה. וילפינן לה לקמן סוף פרקין מדכתיב (במדבר כ״ח:י״ט-כ׳) תמימים יהיו לכם ומנחתם. תמימים יהיו לכם ונסכיהם. שיהיו גם כן המנחות והנסכים תמימים:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Menachos Perek 8 Mishnah 3
מנחות פרק ח׳ משנה ג׳
Bartenura
תקועה – a city whose name is Tekoa, as it is written (II Samuel 14:2): “So Joab sent to Tekoa [and bought a clever woman from there].”
אלפא לשמן – its oil is first-rate and choice of the oils. As this Aleph is the first of the letters.
אנפיקנון – oil that is made from olives that did not bring one-third of their ripening and it is very bitter.
שנשרו במים – that the water ruins the oil.
תקועה. עיר ששמה תקועה כדכתיב (שמואל ב י״ד:ב׳) וישלח יואב תקועה:
אלפא לשמן. השמן שלה ראשון ומובחר לשמנים. כאל״ף זו שהיא ראשונה לאותיות:
אנפיקנון. שמן העשוי מזיתים שלא הביאו שליש בשולן, והוא מר מאד:
שנשרו במים. שהמים מקלקלים את השמן:
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What is Mishnah Yomi?
Mishnah Yomi is a daily study program where participants study two mishnayot (individual teachings from the Mishnah) every day. By following this program, one can complete the entire Mishnah in about six years.
What is the Mishnah?
The Mishnah is the first major written collection of Jewish oral traditions, forming the basis of the Talmud. It dates back to around 200 CE and consists of teachings and discussions of Jewish law by various rabbis.
Who started the Mishnah Yomi program?
In 1934, the Kozoglover Gaon, Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer, who took over from Rav Meir Shapiro (the founder of Daf Yomi) as the head of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, initiated the Mishnah Yomi cycle, focusing on Seder Zeraim and Seder Taharos. After World War II, in 1947, Rav Yonah Sztencl, a disciple of Rav Frommer, expanded the program, advocating for a comprehensive study of Shishah Sidrei Mishnah. The idea of studying two Mishnayos daily gained the support of figures like Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, the Tchebiner Rov, and the Gerer Rebbe, marking the formal inception of Mishnah Yomi.
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אין מביאין – the Omer nor the two loaves [of bread].
לא מבית הזבלים – from a field that needs to be manured, for perhaps it was not manured all of its need and it was found that its fruits were lean/weak. Alternatively, since the manure deteriorates and causes the loss of taste of the fruit.
ולא מבית השלחים – a land that is thirsty for water that its fruits are lean/week.
ולא מבית האילן – from grain that is among the trees, that the trees that grow there suck the ground and weaken the seeds.
נרה – ploughs. It is the language of (Jeremiah 4:3): “Break up the untilled ground,[and do not sow among thorns].”
ובשניה זורעה – In the Gemara (Tractate Menahot 84b) it reaches the definite conclusion that in the first year, he breaks up all of it and seeds half of it and leaves half of it as newly broken land, and similarly in the second year he ploughs all of it and seeds the half hat he didn’t seed in the previous year, and the half that he seeded in the previous year, he leaves it as broken land, and similarly in every year he seeds that which was broken in the previous year.
כיצד בודק – the choice flour if it is winnowed/sifted all that it needs to be or not.
עלה בידו אבק – thin flour and it is inferior.
עד שיניפנה – with a winnow to remove the thin dust that remains in it.
ואם התליעה – the choice flour or the wheat.
פסולה – and its majority had become maggoty/wormy. And we derive it further on at the end of the chapter (see Mishnah 7) from what is written (Numbers 28:19-20): “see that are without blemish. The grain offering with them,” (Numbers 28:31): “You shall present them – see that they are without blemish with their libations,” that the meal-offerings and the libations will be pure.